Garment-supporter.



Patented Aug. l2, |902.

GARMENT SUPPORT-ER.

(Application flied Sept. 7, 1901.

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GARNI ENTMSUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Raf/ent No. 707,032, dated August12, 190Q.

l Application filed September 7, 1901. Serial No. 74,638. (No model.)

To all whom, t may conoci/'72,:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND SPIERING, a citizen of the United States,residing at and whose post-office address is Arlington, in the county ofSibley and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garment-supporters designed especially as adrawers support for mens wear; and the object of the invention is toprovide a device of this character of simple and inexpensiveconstruction and adapted to effectively serve the purpose in view.

The improvement comprises a supporter consisting of two separable partsof novel construction, one of which is attached to the garment, whilethe other member is detachably secured to the first-named member andprovided with a hook to engage the trousers.

The detailed features of the device will be fully described hereinafterin connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification, and its points of novelty defined in the appended claim.

In the drawings,"Figu re l is a view in perspective of agarment-supporter embodying the invention with the two membersconnected. Fig. 2 is a side or edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a viewin perspective of the two members disconnected.

The numeral 1 designates one member of my device, which consists of aplate of thin iiexible material, having at its upper portion offsets.Centrally in the body portion of the plate I form an elongated verticalslot 2, and I provide the offsets and the lower end of the plate withperforations 3 for securing the plate to the upper edge or waistbandportion of the garment. The other member of the device consists of athin piece of flexible material bent to form a hook 4L, having oppositeextended end portions. The front extension of the `hook is bentoutwardly, as at 6, and thence downwardly and terminates in a reducedend 7 of a width equal to that of the said slot, said end 7 havingprojecting from opposite sides thereof curved arms 5, and by means ofthis construction of the outward bend 6, reduced end 7, and curved arms5 the two members of the device are connected together, as shown in Fig.l of the drawings. The upper end of the hook 4 is made in loop or curvedform 6, and below this loop the opposite sides of the hook are bent orcontracted inwardly to form clamps 8, whereby when the waistband of agarment is interposed between the rear extension of the hook and theextended end of the plate l, which is accomplished by pulling the saidextension rearwardly for the purpose, the garment is securely held inplace between the two plates by means of the spring action of the clamps8.

I claim- A garment-supporter comprising two separable members formed ofresilient material, one of which is provided with a central elongatedvertical slot, the other member being constructed in hook form having onits front portion an outwardly-bent portion terminatingin a reduced endprovided with outwardlyextended curved arms whereby to coact with theslot of the first-mentioned member to connect the two members together,the upper end of the hook having a curved loop portion and aninwardly-bent or contracted portion below the same so as to form aspring-clamp between the front and rear wall of the hook, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND SPIERING.

Witnesses:

E. G. H. JoHNsoN, GEO. A. MCKENZIE.

